What does the natural world tell us about God?

Genesis 1:1-27God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. . . . Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. . . .” Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. . . .” Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” . . . Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal. . . .” Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us.”

Psalm 19:1-4The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world.

The enormity of the universe—now believed to contain at least one hundred billion galaxies, each with one hundred billion stars—reveals a God who is powerful. The complexity of life – the hundreds of amino acids needed to form a protein molecule, the hundreds of protein molecules needed to form one cell, and the miraculous double-helix DNA molecule that encodes all the information necessary for living cells to be maintained and reproduced all points to a God intelligent beyond human understanding. The multitude of forces, elements, and precise conditions necessary for life to exist on earth point to a God who deliberately created the world for a reason—to enter into a relationship with his created beings. Creation speaks of a God who is both infinitely powerful and infinitely loving.